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2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 12_3_5.2_1Admissions for iatrogenic pneumothoraxa per 100,000 population,b age 18 and over, United States, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008

2008

2007

2005

2004

2000

Population group

Rate

SE

Rate

SE

Rate

SE

Rate

SE

Rate

SE

Total

8.1

0.3

7.5

0.3

8.1

0.3

8.1

0.3

8.6

0.3

Age

18-44

2.2

0.1

2.1

0.1

2.3

0.1

2.0

0.1

2.4

0.1

45-64

7.7

0.4

7.4

0.4

6.9

0.3

7.4

0.4

7.7

0.4

65 and over

28.1

1.2

25.7

1.0

28.9

1.1

29.3

1.0

29.4

1.1

65-69

19.3

1.2

16.5

1.0

18.4

1.1

17.5

1.0

17.0

1.1

70-74

23.4

1.5

22.4

1.3

23.9

1.4

25.1

1.4

24.7

1.4

75-79

31.1

2.1

30.1

1.9

32.6

1.8

34.2

1.8

32.9

1.8

80-84

39.0

2.4

34.7

2.3

41.6

2.5

44.0

2.4

43.2

2.6

85 and over

39.9

2.4

35.3

2.3

40.5

2.8

38.3

2.6

48.6

3.0

Gender

Male

7.7

0.4

7.0

0.3

7.5

0.3

7.4

0.3

7.8

0.3

Female

8.5

0.4

8.1

0.3

8.6

0.3

8.8

0.3

9.3

0.4

Median income of patient's ZIP Code

First quartile (lowest income)

9.1

0.7

8.7

0.6

8.6

0.5

8.6

0.5

10.2

0.6

Second quartile

7.9

0.5

6.8

0.4

7.5

0.4

8.2

0.5

9.1

0.5

Third quartile

7.9

0.5

7.4

0.4

8.4

0.5

7.8

0.4

8.4

0.5

Fourth quartile (highest income)

7.6

0.6

7.4

0.6

8.0

0.6

7.9

0.6

7.3

0.6

Location of patient residence

Large central metropolitan

8.0

0.7

7.7

0.7

7.9

0.6

7.7

0.6

8.3

0.6

Large fringe metropolitan

8.4

0.7

7.7

0.7

8.6

0.7

8.5

0.8

10.2

0.9

Medium metropolitan

7.7

0.8

7.5

0.8

7.8

0.8

8.0

0.8

7.6

0.9

Small metropolitan

8.3

1.1

7.2

0.9

6.5

0.9

8.0

1.0

8.7

1.0

Micropolitan

8.5

0.8

7.5

0.7

8.7

0.7

8.4

0.7

8.3

0.7

Noncore

7.6

0.9

7.6

0.7

9.2

0.8

8.7

0.8

7.9

0.7

Region of inpatient treatment

Northeast

7.7

1.0

8.4

0.7

8.0

0.6

7.2

0.7

9.0

0.7

Midwest

8.5

0.7

7.0

0.6

8.0

0.6

7.8

0.6

8.2

0.6

South

8.4

0.5

7.9

0.5

8.7

0.6

9.2

0.5

8.8

0.5

West

7.5

0.6

6.8

0.5

7.1

0.5

7.4

0.6

8.2

0.6

a. Consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) software, admissions are identified using all diagnoses, including those present on admission. Exclusions include obstetric admissions and admissions with chest trauma, pleural effusion, thoracic surgery, lung/pleural biopsy, diaphragmatic surgery repair, or cardiac surgery.

b. Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. resident population for 2000 as the U.S. standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.